Friday, 28 December 2012

Photographing Fungus with Nikon D7000

I have a
strange kind of affinity with Fungus. If I see it while out walking I feel the
need to photograph it. Maybe it is that whatever the time of year, there is a
fungi somewhere waiting to be photographed. Some are colourful and some are
downright plain, but all are interesting.Today, while
walking in a local nature reserve (Park Lime Pits), I spotted this particularly photogenic fungi. I am not sure of its name, may be some one can
help with that?

A very photogenic tree fungi, of unknown name.

I took this
photograph using the self timer and the bracketing button. I set the camera to
take 3 shots, again at short intervals. One over exposed, one under exposed and
one exposed correctly. It was a particularly grim day with water cascading down
the banks into the pools. The pools were overflowing into the local brook which
was itself cascading away down towards Goscote.I set the
camera to ‘A’ aperture priority and the ISO to 4000. The shots were taken from
my tripod, and turned out fairly well to my eye. This may not be what others
think, I am very open to criticism so please leave comments.Here is a Fungus i shot prior to Christmas on Gentleshaw common. It is a colourful specimen, however it was so dull i had to use the flash with my D60. I think that it looks unnaturally light and is spoiled by that very fact.

Flashlight Fungus.

Another rather
lonely fungus on Gentleshaw common. I only thought this worthy of a photo as it
looked very lonely and isolated.

Lonely little fellow.

Finally on
my way home from work in late November i spotted these Ink Cap mushrooms. They
only last a short time so i took my chance in the pitch dark of
a November evening.